Open Awas Plus Portal of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin

3228.  SHRI PINAKI MISRA

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has received any request from the State of Odisha to open Awas Plus Portal of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G);

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government is planning to open the Awas Plus Portal of this yojana;

(d) if so, the time by which it is likely to be opened;  and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

(a) to (e) The Awaas+ survey exercise was started under the Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana- Gramin (PMAY-G) in January 2018 with an initial deadline of 31.03.2018 for the identification of eligible households which were left out and were not covered in the SECC 2011 survey. This deadline was extended 4 times finally till 07.03.2019. Two special windows were given after this deadline to Odisha, in the wake of FANI cyclone. The State of Odisha registered 13,20,945 potentially eligible households during this exercise. The Ministry has allowed synchronization of data from State developed Rural Housing Portal to National Awaas+ database of potentially eligible households captured during the Awaas+ survey. However, the request for the opening of the Awaas+ portal for re-survey has not been acceded to for any state, since sufficient time had been given to all the States/UT by way of multiple extensions, including Odisha State, where special windows and even approval for synchronization were also granted. Also, at present there is no such proposal under consideration in the Ministry for opening of Awass+ portal for any State/UT for re-survey.

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